40 before 40(ish) Bucket List
The start of the year is a pretty classic time to review your life and set a few goals, so I thought it was the perfect chance to set a ’40 before 40 Bucket List’ up. Long time readers (hello!) may remember that I set a 101 in 1001 days which is pretty much how my blog came about, and led to a huge career change almost a decade ago.
As befits any undertaking, some of these are BIG goals – massive, huge to quote Julia Roberts, some of these are things I’ve done before that I’d really like to prioritise and some are one-off, easy to suss things. I’ve been lucky enough to have done a fair few big life things; hot air ballooned, gone on press trips as a blogger, seen the Northern Lights IN MY GARDEN, quit my job & launched a business working with dream clients, been introduced to Royalty (crazy), eaten in a few of my dream locations, travelled to some incredible places – and there are some common bucket list things I never ever want to do, like skydiving. It’s not for me.
Being my type-A self, I’ve split them into groups but they’re really in no particular order – just as I thought of them or spotted them on another blogger’s list and was inspired.
My 40 by 40 Bucket List includes:
Visit 40 countries before I’m 40
Complete 40 acts of kindness
See a waterfall
Solo trip
Make another Viral video (100k + views)
Do a spontaneous weekend getaway
Speak at a conference
Eat Comte in Comte
Drink Champagne in Champagne again
Eat in 3 new Michelin starred restaurants
Read 10 life changing books
Work with 1 new big or luxury/high-end brand
Complete a photography challenge
QUICK WINS
Get my UK Passport
Let the waiter pick all my dishes for a meal
Finish wedding album
Do a science experiment
Be in a glam photoshoot
Sabrage a champagne bottle
Learn a new craft skill
Go to a rave (can be Musicals…!)
Sing on stage (this one makes my knees quake just writing it)
Guest on a podcast
JAN – MAR
See the Pyramids
Do a whole month of daily gratitudes
Write a letter to myself to open on my 40th & 50th birthdays
APR – JUN
Complete a 30-day fitness challenge
Learn the basics of investing
JUL – SEPT
Host a dinner party
OCT – DEC
Host a hatted/tiara’d afternoon tea
Revisit Edinburgh
YEAR LONG
Grow a TikTok account to 1,000 followers
Post weekly on Blog Instagram, and twice monthly on work Instagram
Post weekly on LinkedIn
Do a date night with Mr Kiwi every week
Hit my annual £s work & savings goal (set in January)
Make some new local friends
Finish my degree
Volunteer for the year
Increase my annual blog traffic by 25%
There are so many things I could put on these lists, but honestly, it seems like the ones I’ve already picked are a good round-up; personal goals, work goals, blog goals, a few mentions of champagne – but all of them bringing joy. Except the singing on stage or swimming properly in the ocean (almost did this years ago in New Zealand swimming with wild dolphins but it got called off due to a storm) – those have me quaking already.
I’ve got some work to do!!
